Parthenium hysterophorus L.
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Canda Community, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique
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Canda Community, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique
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Hotel Castelo Branco, Chimoio
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Hotel Castelo Branco, Chimoio
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Nhascuvo Ranger Camp, Gorongosa National Park
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Nhascuvo Ranger Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Sune Holt
Vuca Interior, Inhassoro, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vuca Interior, Inhassoro, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Vuca Interior, Inhassoro, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Vuca Interior, Inhassoro, Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Vuca Interior, Inhassoro, Inhambane, Mozambique
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
Synonyms:
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Common names:
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Congress grass (English)
Demoina weed (English)
Famine weed (English)
Feverfew (English)
Parthenium (English)
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Frequency:
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Very common |
Status:
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Introduced |
Description:
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Bushy much-branched annual herb to 1 m. Leaves sessile, up to 10 × 5 cm, deeply 2-pinnately lobed with obtuse ultimate segments, densely
puberulent below, less so above. Panicle large and lax. Capitula c.3 mm in diameter, hemispheric. Phyllaries in 2 series, 2-3 mm. Rays c.0.5 mm, white, ± circular, 5 per capitulum. Fertile achenes black, c.2 mm, broadly obovoid, flattened, pubescent near apex. |
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Habitat:
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Roadsides and disturbed places |
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Flowering time: | All year |
Worldwide distribution:
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Native of South and Central America; naturalised elsewhere in the tropics |
Mozambique distribution:
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MS,GI |
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Friday 16 October 2015 |
Literature:
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Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 212. (Includes a picture).
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 815 - 816. (Includes a picture).
Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 146.
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 27.
Wild, H. (1967). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) Pages 8 - 9.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Parthenium hysterophorus. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160290, retrieved 24 March 2023
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